Income Tax officials

Tightening reporting norms, the tax officers have been asked to submit self appraisal reports to the Revenue Department and explain reasons for the "poor performance" in doing e-scrutiny of tax returns.

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has alerted the government about numerous bank accounts which are involved in either hawala or fake lottery schemes running across the country, possibly being operated by underworld don and India’s most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, who runs his crime syndicate from Pakistan.